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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the gringo surfers want?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Directions.
(c) Plums.
(d) Marijuana.

2. What does Tacho give to people who voted?
(a) Tarps.
(b) Tortas.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Tangelos.

3. Who is Garcia-Garcia's favorite film star?
(a) Stephie Graff.
(b) Stephano Serande.
(c) King Dream.
(d) Steve McQueen.

4. Which title does Tacho have?
(a) Tempeh Tom.
(b) Taco Master.
(c) Ta-Da.
(d) Tortilla Man.

5. What does the narco hope to acquire?
(a) Children.
(b) Territory.
(c) Secrets.
(d) Genie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Don Pepe's job before he left the village?

2. Who does Irma insist travels with the girls?

3. What does Nayeli want a suitor to do?

4. How is Tacho seen by his community?

5. What did Nayeli's father stop doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is historic about Irma's election?

2. What are the bandidos's jobs?

3. What does Nayeli want for her future?

4. What is the story of The Seven Samurai?

5. In Chapter Five, what shocks Irma about pinto beans?

6. How does the group of four friends fund their trip?

7. What were the surfos unprepared for?

8. Who does Nayeli finally admit she wants to bring home with her?

9. What does Irma do at the market that embarrasses the girls?

10. How does Nayeli's mother make her living in Chapter Three?

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